From @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Wed May 26 05:23:34 1993 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 26 May 1993 15:54:44 -0400 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0621; Wed, 26 May 93 15:53:49 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 0628; Wed, 26 May 93 15:31:59 EDT Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 12:23:34 -0700 Reply-To: hedgehog@SCRIPPS.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: hedgehog@SCRIPPS.EDU Subject: munje X-To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: O X-Status: Message-ID: My copy of the gismu list has the following: munje x1 is a universe of domain/sphere x2 governed by rules x3 I am not sure that I understand what goes into the "domain/sphere" and "governed by rules" slots. Is the domain slot so that one can say something like "the world of cooking" or "the world of music"? This seems a little a little idiomatic. Or is "universe" here a technical term from Set Theory? I suppose the third position would usually be filled with an elided zo'e, but are there circumstances where a speaker would want to specify the rules. It seems like such a chore to have to understand the complete set of physical laws which operate in our universe in order to fill the third position. ***************** Richard Schroeder hedgehog@riscsm.scripps.edu The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of TSRI or its funding agencies.